International guidelines

United Kingdom

Recommendations for the collection of forensic specimens from complainants and suspects

Published by:Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians

Last published:2025

FFLM quality standards for clinicians undertaking paediatric sexual offence medicine

Published by:Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Last published:2024

BASHH national guideline on the management of sexually transmitted infections and related conditions in children and young people

Published by:British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Last published:2021

Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for healthcare staff

Published by:Royal College of Nursing

Last published:2019

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2018

Child abuse and neglect

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2017

The physical signs of child sexual abuse: an evidence-based review and guidance for best practice

Published by:Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Last published:2015

Management of adult patients who attend emergency departments after sexual assault and /or rape

Published by:Royal College of Medicine

Last published:2015

Domestic violence and abuse: multi-agency working

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2014

North America

Caring for patients who have experienced trauma

Published by:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Last published:2021 (re-affirmed 2024)

Sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines, 2021

Published by:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last published:2021

Human trafficking

Published by:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Last published:2019 (re-affirmed 2024

Sexual assault

Published by:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Last published:2019 (re-affirmed in 2024)

Reproductive and sexual coercion

Published by:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Last published:2013 (reaffirmed 2022)

The evaluation of children in the primary care setting when sexual abuse is suspected

Published by:American Academy of Pediatrics

Last published:2013

Intimate partner violence

Published by:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Last published:2012 (reaffirmed 2022)

Adult manifestations of childhood sexual abuse

Published by:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Last published:2011 (reaffirmed 2022)

Rest of the world

Interpretation of medical findings in suspected child sexual abuse: an update for 2023

Published by:International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Last published:2023

Clinical management of rape and intimate partner violence survivors: developing protocols for use in humanitarian settings

Published by:World Health Organization

Last published:2020

Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused

Published by:World Health Organization

Last published:2017

Health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence: a clinical handbook

Published by:World Health Organization

Last published:2014

Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women

Published by:World Health Organization

Last published:2013

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